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mălĕvŏlus (mălĭv-), a, um, adj. [male-volo], ill-disposed towards any one, disaffected, envious, spiteful, malevolent.

  1. I. Adj. with dat., or in with acc. (class.): si omnibus est malevolus, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7: Cato in me turpiter fuit malevolus, id. Att. 7, 2, 7.
    Transf., of things: sermones, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 10.
  2. II. Substt.
    1. A. Mă-lĕvŏlus, i, m., an ill-disposed person, a foe, an enemy: omnium malevolorum, iniquorum, invidiosorum animos frangerem, Cic. Balb. 25, 56: et invidi et malevoli et lividi, id. Tusc. 4, 12, 28.
    2. B. Mălĕvŏla, ae, f., a female enemy, foe: mea inimica et malevola, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 181.
      Hence, mălĕvŏlē, adv., malevolently (late Lat.), Aug. in Psa. 68, Serm. 27.